WILL IT BE ANTELOPE VALLEY, PALMDALE? PARITY IN GOLDEN LEAGUE COULD MAKE IT WIDE-OPEN CHASE.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer The first five weeks of the season mean little to the six Antelope Valley-based schools who begin Golden League play on Friday. For years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time area has had a reputation for fielding evenly matched teams engaged in fierce rivalries who employ old-school, smash-mouth offenses. Palmdale High has demonstrated its dangerous passing offense in its preseason, bucking a well-established league trend, but the remaining Golden League teams are expected to follow the tradition of the great rushing teams of the past. Based on their early-season performances, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley High (4-1) and Palmdale (3-1-1) figure to vie for the league championship, but historically, the Golden League's parity has made it a breeding ground for upsets. ``Parity is a trademark of this league,'' said Highland coach Lin Parker, an Antelope Valley institution who is in his 35th season coaching the Bulldogs. Upset-minded Highland will present crosstown cross·town or cross-town adj. Running, extending, or going across a city or town: a crosstown street; crosstown traffic. adv. rival Palmdale a formidable challenge Friday night in the first week of Golden League play. Palmdale and Antelope Valley do not hook up until November 10, the second-to-last week of the season. Demetre Dooker, Antelope Valley High's option quarterback, leads a team which is riding a four-game winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" . Booker leads the Antelopes with 400 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 51 carries for a 7.8 per carry average, and has completed 27 of 46 passing attempts for 419 yards and three touchdowns. Joining him in the backfield are Sean Wallace, Jermone Mitchell, and Brandon Narcisse. Defensively, linebackers Frank Morin, Marcos Huerta, and Donald Womack have played well. Palmdale High has been terrorizing opposition defenses with an offense led by quarterback Terry Furlow and his favorite receiver, Tyrone Culver Tyrone Culver (born July 6, 1983 in Palmdale, California) is a professional American football player who is currently on the Injured Reserve list for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. . Furlow has completed 64 of 117 passes for 909 yards and six touchdowns, and totaled 267 yards on 55 carries and seven rushing touchdowns. Culver cul·ver n. A dove or pigeon. [Middle English, from Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula, diminutive of columba, dove.] has 18 receptions for 230 yards. Highland (2-3), coming off a 43-22 upset win over Cleveland High, has been led by the emergence of running back Josh Mejia. Mejia, who gained 170 rushing yards on 23 carries in the Cleveland game, leads the Bulldogs with 442 rushing yards on 72 carries. Also expected to make a difference for defending league champion Highland will be defensive back Marcus Demps Marcus Demps (born August 19, 1983 in Minot, North Dakota) is an African American and Korean football safety most recently for the Detroit Lions of the NFL. He attended San Diego State University. He is the younger brother of New York Giants safety Will Demps. , who is returning for the first time since a foot injury sidelined him earlier in the year, and middle linebacker Greg Root, who has been used as a runner on third- and-short situations. With the infusion of new blood, it has taken some time for Lancaster (2-3) to develop team chemistry, but the Eagles are beginning to gel going into their opener at Antelope Valley High, accordingto first-year coach Troy Jackson Troy Jackson A.K.A Escalade is an AND1 basketball player, who came to play in 2002. He went to college in the University of Louisville from 1994-1998 and was a Harlem Globetrotter in 1998-2000. He stands 6'10 and weighs 370 lbs. . Defensive linemen Jesse Gonzales and Ben Ortiz and fullback-linebacker Chris Tapar are first-year seniors who are making important contributions for the Eagles. The Eagles start sophomore Bryan Hatch at left guard, while junior Anthony Brown Anthony Brown may refer to:
Senior receiver/defensive back Mickey Williams has eight receptions for 94 yards. Littlerock High (2-3) goes into league play after a 13-12 loss to Lynnwood. The Lobos have struggled offensively, scoring just 27 points in their last four games. Littlerock's ball-control offense is centered around junior tailback tail·back n. Football The back on an offensive team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage. tailback Noun Brit a queue of traffic stretching back from an obstruction John Ford, who missed several weeks with a knee injury. Ford has gained 453 yards on and has scored eight of the team's nine rushing touchdowns this season on 78 carries. Junior tailback Mychael Williams leads a Quartz Hill (1-4) team which is coming off a 31-7 loss to Valencia. Williams was limited to 87 yards on 22 carries against Valencia, the first time he has been held below 100 yards this season. Williams, who replaced an injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Teal before the first week of the season, has rushed 121 times for 612 rushing yards and scored six touchdowns. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Demetre Booker of Antelope Valley has thrown for six touchdowns and rushed for three others. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) Tyrone Culver of Palmdale has been quarterback Terry Furlow's favorite receiver with 18 catches for 230 yards. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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